[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 195 (Friday, October 8, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 62447]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-25415]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Departmental Offices; Proposed Collections; Comment Requests
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork burdens, invites the general public and
other Federal agencies to comment on the revision of an information
collection that is to be proposed for approval by the Office of
Management and Budget. The Office of International Affairs of the
Department of the Treasury is soliciting comments concerning Treasury
International Capital Form S, Purchases and Sales of Long-term
Securities by Foreigners. The Current Actions below clarify the
instructions and improve the column titles on the Form S.
DATES: Written comments should be received on or before December 7,
2010 to be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Dwight Wolkow, International
Portfolio Investment Data Systems, Department of the Treasury, Room
5422, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20220. In view of
possible delays in mail delivery, please also notify Mr. Wolkow by e-
mail ([email protected]), FAX (202-622-2009) or telephone (202-
622-1276).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the proposed forms and
instructions are available on the Treasury's TIC Forms webpage, http://www.treas.gov/tic/forms.html. Requests for additional information
should be directed to Mr. Wolkow.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Treasury International Capital Form S, Purchases and Sales
of Long-term Securities by Foreigners.
OMB Control Number: 1505-0001.
Abstract: Form S is part of the Treasury International Capital
(TIC) reporting system, which is required by law (22 U.S.C. 286f; 22
U.S.C. 3103; E.O. 10033; 31 CFR 128), and is designed to collect timely
information on international portfolio capital movements. Form S is a
monthly report used to cover transactions in long-term marketable
securities undertaken directly with foreigners by banks, other
depository institutions, brokers, dealers, underwriting groups, funds
and other individuals and institutions. This information will be used
by the U.S. Government in the formulation of international financial
and monetary policies and for the preparation of the U.S. balance of
payments accounts and the U.S. international investment position.
Current Actions: (a) In the title for columns 7 and 8, the word
STOCKS will be replaced by U.S. EQUITY; and in the title for columns 11
and 12, the words FOREIGN STOCKS will be replaced by FOREIGN EQUITY.
The purpose of this action is to clarify the type of data collected in
columns 7, 8, 11 and 12 of the form. There is no change in the
reporting requirements; for example the column-by-column instructions
for those four columns already use the term ``equity''. This action
also makes the terms on the Form S more consistent with the terms on
other TIC forms that report data on securities, including the annual
reports. This action will not affect the reporting burden of the Form
S; (b) In the title of columns 5 and 6, ``U.S.'' will be inserted at
the beginning so the title reads ``U.S. CORPORATE AND OTHER BONDS''.
This action will clarify the type of data collected and will neither
change the reporting requirements nor affect the reporting burden; (c)
The unnecessary word ``foreign'' will be deleted from the titles of
columns 7 and 8 in the Memorandum section on the last page of the form.
That action will bring those two titles into conformity with the other
column-pairs in the form; (d) The instructions will be revised by
expanding and clarifying the old section called Determining Residency.
The revised section is called ``Reporting the Location of Foreign
Counterparties'' in the General Instructions. The revised language is
consistent with the same guidance in other TIC reports; (e) The
instructions will be revised by expanding and clarifying the section on
REPORTING OF FUND SHARES (in the Reportable Items section of the
General Instructions). The revised language includes examples and is
consistent with the same guidance in other TIC reports; (f) The
instructions (the Reportable Items section of the General Instructions)
will be revised in accordance with (a) above so that any instruction to
record data in the columns for ``stocks'' is changed to an instruction
to record data in the column for ``equities''; (g) The instructions
(the Other Statistical Reports section of the Introduction) will be
revised by adding a paragraph on the proposed new SLT form; (h) The
instructions will be revised so that the sections in the Introduction
and the General Instructions are arranged to be more consistent with
the organization of the instructions of other TIC reports; (i) These
changes will be effective beginning with the reports as of March 31,
2011.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations. Form S
(1505-0001)
Estimated Number of Respondents: 254.
Estimated Average Time per Respondent: Six hours per respondent per
filing. This estimate includes 0.4 hours for the Current Actions
proposed above. The estimated average time per respondent varies from
10.8 hours for the approximately 30 major reporters to 5.4 hours for
the other reporters.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 18,400 hours, based on 12
reporting periods per year.
Request for Comments: Comments submitted in response to this notice
will be summarized and/or included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval. All comments will become a matter of
public record. The public is invited to submit written comments
concerning: (a) Whether Form S is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the Office, including whether the information will
have practical uses; (b) the accuracy of the above estimate of the
burdens; (c) ways to enhance the quality, usefulness and clarity of the
information to be collected; (d) ways to minimize the reporting and/or
record keeping burdens on respondents, including the use of information
technologies to automate the collection of the data; and (e) estimates
of capital or start-up costs of operation, maintenance and purchase of
services to provide information.
Dwight Wolkow,
Administrator, International Portfolio Investment Data Systems.
[FR Doc. 2010-25415 Filed 10-7-10; 8:45 am]
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